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Definition of Halfbeaks
1. halfbeak [n] - See also: halfbeak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Halfbeaks
Literary usage of Halfbeaks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Of the halfbeaks there are several genera, all of the species swimming near the
surface in schools and sometimes very swiftly. Some of them leap into the ..."
2. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"Prominent forehead, large eyes, and small underslung mouth. On coral reefs where
it grazes on algae and minute crustaceans. 50 cm. HEMIRAMPHIDAE halfbeaks ..."
3. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1913)
"... (halfbeaks). Half-beak, Hyporhamphus roberti 1 week Family
GASTEROSTEIDAE (Sticklebacks). Nine-spined Stickleback ..."